Jill Smokler, AKA Scary Mommy
What started as an innocent on-line baby book to chronicle Jill's stay-at-home days with her children, (Lily, Ben, and Evan) quickly transformed into a vibrant community of parents, brought together by a common theme: Parenting doesn’t have to be perfect. Learn more here.
@scarymommy
NYT bestselling author of Confessions of a Scary Mommy and Motherhood Comes Naturally (And Other Vicious Lies). Fond of curse words, sarcasm and Diet Coke.
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“I just can’t believe how very grown up I look now!!”
– Lily, upon getting her ears pierced.
Me, neither, my baby. Me neither.
(And, for the record, I had to wait until I was 13 to pierce mine. Lucky girl.)
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Awww. That’s a great picture. She’s a beautiful girl. Tell her we love her earrings, too!
Stephanie recently posted..Saturday Night’s Alright
I told her. She said thank you. :)
She’s beautiful, Jill.
OHmommy recently posted..Children in a Delhi slum.
Awww, she is beautiful..just like her mama. I hate the growing up part because then it just reminds us that one day they will be leaving:(
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Ohhhh, sweetness!
She’s gorgeous!
I’ve been reading you for at least two years and can’t get over how she’s grown!
Awwww, that’s sweet! And, I know. Me too.
She’s beautiful, and she does look very grown up, in a kid sort of way. :-)
MomEinstein recently posted..To Cry or Not to Cry
Aw, she is pretty grown up now! She’s so beautiful.
Alison@Mama Wants This recently posted..Running Out of Fuel
Don’t they just kill us with all this growing up? She’s beautiful!
She really is growing up. Time to have another!!!
Kim recently posted..TGIF- Boring Rambles
She does look quite old. But only because she is so beautiful. :) It’s awful how all of a sudden they’re these big kids, isn’t it?!
YES. It’s totally awful. It’s happening way too fast.
She’s so pretty!
I love the pink stars. I had to get boring gold balls!
Sweet :)
I think I’ll probably pierce my daughter’s ears when she’s around 10, and I had to wait to 13 too.
Carolyn recently posted..Will I Like Her as Much?
my daughter said the exact same thing when she got hers done in august :)
Oh my, so very grown up and lovely!
Also? I had to wait until I was 12. So I let my girls get their’s done the summer before kindergarten. Obviously. Oy.
XO
Galit Breen recently posted..Writing in the Dark
Jill! She is SO SO SO gorgeous! Seriously! I haven’t thought about when my girls will get their ears pierced. If it’s up to Bryan it would be like 16 or something absurd. I had to wait until 13 too, by the way. Total side note and not about this post, but I’m so excited for you that you sent your manuscript to the editor. So major!!!!
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THANK YOU!!! It really was the best feeling. For now. Until I get the edits! :)
So pretty! And yes, they age her ;)
I was 13 as well. Each sister after me got them earlier–my youngest got them when she was 7 or 8. Hmph.
Way to be the cool mom ;) I think my daughter was 8 and when she graduated from 8th grade, she got her ears pierced a 2nd time (it was not allowed in her private school @@ wtf ever). I offered to let her get her nose or eyebrow pierced (I do have my nose pierced) but she declined.
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YOU are the coolest mom ever!
LOL I think I earned cool points because I told her she could dye her hair purple (just the ends–her choice) in order to match her homecoming dress. But again, I dye my hair–and am about to really go wild w/ color–so it’s not one of those “battle points” you know?
Headacheslayer recently posted..Steve Jobs: RIP
Quite the little lady!
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OMG! Super grown up!
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she’s lovely. and yes, growing up!
wendy @ mama one to three recently posted..Fear and Writing
I had to wait till 13 also. My dad took me because my mom said, “I’m not paying for more holes in your head.” What?! Love the dad.
Your daughter looks so pretty. Nice photo!
Dara Dokas recently posted..Costume Wedding
I had the girls’ pierced while they were infants. It didn’t occur to me until years later that I should have waited until they chose to have them pierced or not. Neither regrets the decision, but I kind of regret having made it for each. (As the 10 yr old is now requesting a 2nd hole. Um, no).
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Awe, super cute – she has your smile ;)
To my mother’s horror, my aunt took me to pierce my ears when I was two. I think it was a sisterly revenge for something.
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Aw, she looks so pretty.
My mom had my aunt pierce my ears a few days after I was born so it’s never been a big deal for me. That’s probably why I never ever wear earrings :/
Lin recently posted..Your Teeth Say A Lot…
Yes, she does! I had to wait until I was 10, and I think that’s the age I will use with Miss L.
NoDramaMama recently posted..Baby Envy
Pop sparkly earrings! And A grown up she is becoming.
BTW, We pierced my daughters at 3 months. I know it can be a decision and a growing up thing but I couldn’t resist and I spent lots of time winning the argument with her dad lol
Amanda recently posted..It’s Official!
That’s an adorable picture…love her pink stars!
bereccah recently posted..Filed Under WTH
My daughters had theirs done at age 4 & 6 for their bday….they asked to have it done…(their bdays were only 2 weeks apart)…that was the perfect age for them I believe…I didnt get mine done until I was 10…both my girls LOVE switching their earrings to match different outfits! Its so cute! Im glad I didnt do it when they were babies, cause I would have missed the excitement of going to have it done with them! :)
Oh, she’s so pretty! The earrings look great! My 11-year-old has never brought up getting her ears pierced, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the conversation comes up soon.
I am just not prepared for my kids to age. It will be a sad day. They are boys so they better not come home with pierced ears, but so much other stuff could happen! Ahhhh!
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Beautiful! She does look so grown up with them.
I once told my daughter she had to be five, long before I thought she would remember. Now she says, “Maybe when I’m four?” Sure, just take the car keys on the way to the mall, why don’t you?
She is gorgeous.
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Aw, she looks so pretty! Her earrings are so cute.
And I am so not ready for my kids to grow up. But I am ready to get my daughter’s ears pierced again. I got them done when she was 6 months old but she yanked them out so many times I had to let them close. Now she’s almost 3 and I think she’s ready. I was 4 when I got mine pierced, and 9 when I got second holes (then I kept getting one more hole a year until I was 16).
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She’s gorgeous!
She is beautiful with or without earrings, but does she ever look pleased with them! My two year old has become obsessed with earrings so I think she’ll be next.
Karen recently posted..Love you, Daddy
She is SO proud of them- it’s really cute, I have to say.
The whole growing up thing just kills me.
Jennifer recently posted..I’m an asshole
Is she eight? I was eight when I got my ears pierced.
She looks lovely. :)
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Almost. Going on 15.
She’s gorgeous. With or without the earrings.
But you already know that. :)
:) Thanks!
She is absolutely adorable. I had to wait until I was 13 too. I’m thinking about making Sadie wait that long….because I’m mean like that.
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Apologies I don’t know how old your daughter is and my comment is by no means a judgement on anyone else but I just don’t see why little girls need to get there ear’s pierced. I can’t think of one good reason why a baby needs earrings. I think around 10 is probably around the right age. Mine where done when I was around 7 or 8 but they go infected and I hated them. I didn’t really want them as I wasn’t very girly but I wanted to fit in and my friends and older sister had them. I like wearing earrings now but I think I would have been better off waiting until I was older.
I won’t let my daughter get hers done until she’s at least 10 and is totally sure she wants them. Call me a mean mummy but getting your ears pierced should be a right of passage in the growing up process so I want her to really earn it. I’d prefer her to get it done in conjunction with some other big milestone like a major birthday or starting high school.
Well I`m embarassed to say that when I had mine done (I think 14yrs or so?), I threw this un-Godly fit in the middle of the mall because I was terrified to get them done. I thought it would hurt a lot and a “gun” near my head…. I`m fine with them now but I really do wish that mom and dad had either had mine done as an infant or not at all. Now days I don`t usually wear any. If I had a daughter, I`d have them done as an infant and if later she didn`t want them anymore, then she wouldn`t have to wear any if she didn`t want to….
I remember freaking out, too. Lily was totally brave about it, though. Nothing like me.
A cautionary word: my daughter had her ears pierced and we waited the alloted time period before we took them out, but we had such trouble re-inserting the new earrings! Her pierced ears seemed to close in just a couple of hours. Wait as long as you can before you take those starter earrings out of Lily’s ears!! :)
Lynn from For Love or Funny recently posted..How to make your personal jet-pack
Oh, yikes! Thanks for the advice!
She is adorable! I got my first at 5 but had to wait until I was 13 for my 2nd holes. ..and then we hid them from my dad for almost a year as he did not approve yet my mother did. Naughty. When I was 17, my boyfriend and I pierced our ears one night and shared a pair of earrings for the one hole we put in our left ears. Classy. I know. ;)
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Oh, so romantic!
Amazing. I love what they say–you need a video camera all the time. My 2 year old said “I peepeed on the couch, mommy, but it’s okay, no biggie, no biggie.”
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LOL. That’s so awesome. Especially since it wasn’t my kid.
Wow. And, what a nice way to commemorate it. Let the earring turning commence!
Jen :)
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Aw, very cute! I had to wait until I was thirteen as well, and I think that my daughter is going to do the same. It’s a big decission to put an extra hole in their head.
Lynn
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Wow! She is so grown up! Love the earrings. I had to wait until I was eight. How old is she now?
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My little one is 5 months old, and I feel like she has grown so quickly already!
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When my son was just a baby, I can’t wait for him to grow so that I won’t look after him that much. Now that he is 10 years old, I feel so sad knowing how fast he is growing. I would treasure every moment spent with him. Nice photo of your daughter by the way. She really does look so grown up.
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She is beautiful! My older daughter had her ear pierced at 10. It was all I heard about….when, when, when? Finally, we did it. She bought 700 pairs of earrings, and now, strangely, at 13, she doesn’t wear earrings at all. Her holes are closing up and she doesn’t care. After all that?! She does have a mass of thick long hair (like me and I don’t wear earrings, either), so I am thinking maybe that is why. No one can really see them.
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It’s bitter sweet;)
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She is so beautiful, Jill!
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Wow! She is so grown up! Kids are growing so fast. My son is now 6 year old and I missed those times he was still a baby.